Between the Lines: In the Clouds
The radio said, “What happened in the terrifying last minutes of Germanwings…” I don’t know how it went from there, because I turned it off. The media coverage of the latest air disaster, like the many that preceded it, is all wrapped up in an unspoken contract:...
Scene Here: Final Dining
The cook turns from the steaming griddle to face the small dining room, which is crowded with breakfast customers. He looks to the front door. “I don’t remember the last time I saw a line out to the parking lot,” he says. At the long counter a seated man nods, then...
Greeks with Gripes
Jeannine Haas confesses that she “got through 21 years of formal education without ever reading the Iliad,” and that’s why, when she was first preparing to perform the one-person play based on that epic, “I thought, ‘Oy, it is gonna be a pain to read.’ But honestly,...
Let the Game of Whack-A-Mole Begin: Feds put forward ‘payday’ rules to quash predatory lending
If there’s any industry that has mastered the art of the loophole, it’s high-cost lending. When faced with unwanted regulation, lenders are well-practiced at finding an opening that will allow them to charge triple-digit interest to their customers. They’ve been...E-Edition
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